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The Miami Dolphins are heading in a new direction and today they made it abundantly clear. Hours after releasing Brian Hartline they made the same decision with wide receiver Brandon Gibson. Gibson never lived up to the potential the Dolphins envisioned. After an injury plagued 2013 season, he had a dismal showing this past season and was unseated by rookie Jarvis Landry. Following the two cuts today the Dolphins are currently $12 million under the salary cap. Mike Wallace's future with the team is still unknown but with the cost cutting transactions made today, it is clear the Dolphins will be in the market for wide receivers when the free agency period begins March 10th and presumably in the draft.

The Miami Dolphins announced the release of wide receiver Brian Hartline today. The six year veteran was set to earn $7.35 million in salary and bonuses in 2015. The cost cutting move will free up the 3.15 million of the 7.35 million he was to be paid, leaving 4.2 million in dead money which some of can be pushed back to 2016, depending on the designation of the release.

Hartline has been an integral part of the Dolphins offense since he was drafted out of Oho St. in 2009 . He became a full time starter in 2011 but his production dropped off severely last season. With the arrival of Bill Lazor and a new offense in 2014 it appears that the Dolphins don't feel Hartline fits the the type of player needed for the system going forward.